THIS WEEK’S AWARD FOR COOLEST MOTHERF*CKER EVER GOES TO…JUNICHI SAGA: “Why would I sue? To take something that made people around the world happy and try to exploit it for money — that’s poverty.” — Saga on why he chose not to sue Bob Dylan for lifting passages from his book, Confessions of a Yakuza.
Junior Senior in New York: “Denmark is a very small country,” offers Junior, apropos of nothing. “We sleep with our clothes off.” They perform FREE at Summerstage next Sunday!!!
Buy Love Kylie lingerie online.
The Coral defy convention.
Check out these great covers of White Stripes songs by the Flaming Lips (and their original song — “Thank You Jack White (For the Fiber-Optic Jesus You Gave Me)”). Link from Triple Tremelo.
REPUBLICANS MESSAGING P.DIDDY? Werd. ”Right now, people can reach me 24 hours a day, and I can reach anybody 24 hours a day,” says Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., as he proudly shows off his BlackBerry wireless e-mail gadget. He has made all Republican senators get BlackBerrys.
Celebrity boobs [NOT WORK SAFE].
Kraftwerk.
Check out The Drive’s new music video.
Mick Jagger: Sexagenaria [more].
Music of the moment: Forty Licks, Rolling Stones; s/t, The Coral; Dangerously in Love, Beyonce; The New Romance, Pretty Girls Make Graves; The Man Who, Travis; s/t, Stellastarr*
This is a long shot…but a friend of ours is looking for the concert listings of all NYC-area music venues over the last couple of years…like who played what day…if by some reason unknown to man or God, you actually have this, please e-mail us.
Not so blind item: What black-casted rocker and blonde lady friend were spotted on the streets of NYC last night along with a rosy-cheeked darling and a quiet rhythm keeper?
Blow out your inner hipster by slapping it on your chest: NeighborHoodies. (Made in Brooklyn, what a shocker.) Link from Vandemonium.
We ever link this? The Definitive Oral History of the White Stripes.
Amy has informed us that the White Stripes black vinyl-holding tote is available at WS show. Well we sure as hell didn’t see them at any of the 3 WS shows we’re at for Elephant… so for the love of God, someone pick us up one as soon as Jack’s finger heals and they start playing shows…or send us the bag you already bought.
